Gage.



No. 833 598. PATEN-TED OUT. 16, 1906.

H. HANSEN.

GAGE. 7 APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 190B.

' na'ssases.

HANS HANSEN, or ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented. Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed June 16, 1906. Serial Il'o. 322.090.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS HANSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gages, of which the following is' a specification. I

The invention relates to an improvement In gages desi ned, primarily, for use in metalworkmg an constructed, primarily, for-ease and accuracy of adjustment.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a gage of the Wedge-parallel t e wherein the gage sections or blocks have t. eir aging edges disposed and maintained at alI adjusting the spaced relation of said gaging lowing specification, reference being h ad particularly to the accompanying drawmgs, In

I ably dovetailed in cross-section,

Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation of a gage constructed in accordance with my inventioii, the sections being shown in normal or closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the sections shown in open position to reduce the gage below the normal. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, the

binding-screw being shown in elevation.

Referring particularly to the drawings, wherein simi ar referenc'emumerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, my improved gage 1 is constructed of approxmately duplicate blocks or sections 2 and 3. Eachsection is of approximately right-angle trian lar formation hayingan end 4 and sideace 5 at right angles to each other and an. inclined edge or face 6. The inclined face of the one section,- as 2, is formed throughout its length with a tenon 7 ,preferwhile the section 3 of the gage is formed on the inclined face with a correspondingly-shaped mortise'8, designed to slidably and accurately receive the tenon 7 and connect the sections for relative endwise movement, as

clearly shown in FIg. 3. The section 3 is also formed throughout its length with a centimes in parallel planes, the rela-' tive movement of the sections providing for scribed the side or gaging faces 5 trally-arr'anged channel 9, terminating near the gaging-surface 5 of the section and opening through the mortise 8. The channel 9 extends longitudinally of the section 3 opening through the end walls thereof, so that the section 3 is, in effect, composed of spaced side walls connected at their lower ends by a thin stri forming the gage-face of the sections. inding-screws 10 are disposed transversely of the section 3 ,being arranged'for threa ed engagement with the walls of the section about midway of their height. The binding-screws, which are preferably though not necessarily two iii-number, are adapted under suitable operation to draw the walls of the section 2 toward each other with the effect to bind the walls of the mortise 8 snugly about the tenon of the-section 2, and therebysecure said section in fixed relation to the section 3, as will be obvious.

The relative projections of the inclined faces 6 of the res ective gage-sections are such that when said aces are In contact through engagement of the mortise and tenon deof the respective blocks are in exact parallel relation, and as the inclined faces are arranged for relative contact in the-adjustment of the sections it is obvious that said agingsurfaces 5 will be maintained in paral el relation without regard to the adjustment of the'sections. In assembled or normal form, as shown in Fig. 1, the gage-sectlons together provide a rectangle divided on the approxnnate diagonal line and through the connection described are movable longitudinally relative to each other. It is apparent that such movement of the respective sections will cause the-parallel or g'ag'mg surfaces 5 of the respective sections to approach or recede from each other relative to their normal positions, so that the gaging-surfaces may be thereby adjusted to dispose said surfaces the desired distance apart. ,After adjustment to e the binding screws 10 are set the gag tightened with the effect to secure the sections in adjusted relation.

It is. to be particularly noted that the gag- 5 ing-surfaces are in parallel relation the normal and 1n any adjusted position of the sections, so that the operator is thus provided with a gage having absolutely parallel gaging-surfaces ment to increase or 'tion of said surfaces.

which are capable of adjust.- decrease the spaced rela- The end surfaces 5 of the respective sections are also in parallel relation, so that these surfaces maybe also utilized by suitableadjustment of the sections to provide a gage.

The gage as awhole is preferably constructed of metal, with the respective gaging-surfaces machined absolutely correct. It is to be understood, however, that the use of any desired material for the ga es is contemplated and that I do not con ne myself s eeifically to the means described for slida ly connecting the sections.

Owing to the ease and rapidit of adjust- 'ment the gage described is capa le of many and various uses, though particularly serviceable in metal-working.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is i A gage comprisin duplicate wedge-sections of approximate y right-angled trian le form, one of the sections being formed 011516 inclined edge with a tenon extending throughmortised section being also'formed with a longitudinally disposed centrally-arranged channel communication with the mortlse, and a bindin screw engaging the respective walls of the c annel-section, said screw passing transversely through the channel-section and lying flush with the surface thereof and whereby to avoid projection in the use of the ga e in any position. v

n testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HANS HANSEN.

Witnesses:

D, R. MGFARLANE, M. 0; RICE. 

